A Set of 1st Grade Revising and Editing Passages

Editing practice is a powerful tool for developing students’ foundational language skills. It encourages attention to detail, reinforces correct sentence structure and enhances spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. 

Help your learners strengthen their language skills with this set of 1st grade revising and editing passages. This resource contains 20 short editing passages crafted specifically for 1st-grade students, covering relatable topics that make grammar practice more authentic for students. Each passage is at the appropriate lexile level for 1st graders, ensuring a comfortable reading experience while promoting essential language skills.

The language skills featured in this slide deck align with the Common Core standards for 1st grade. The language skills addressed in this set of editing passages include:

• Common, proper and possessive nouns
• Singular and plural nouns
• Pronouns
• Verb tense
• Adjectives
• Conjunctions
• Articles
• Prepositions
• Capitalization
• End punctuation
• Commas
• Spelling

1st Grade Revising and Editing Passages: What to Expect

Each slide contains a short passage, an image and a set of instructions. The instructions inform students of the mistakes they need to find and fix within the passage.

Following each slide is an answer slide where all of the required changes are highlighted in a different color from the rest of the text.

This versatile slide deck can be used in multiple ways to support your teaching objectives.

• Whole-Class Activity – Choose an editing passage to display as a whole-class exercise. Read the passage and encourage students to fix the mistakes as a class. 
• Small Group Work – Use the passages in small group support sessions where students can collaborate or receive support to spot and fix errors.
• Independent Practice – Assign specific passages for individual editing practice, allowing students to work at their own pace.

Prefer task cards to a slide deck? We have you covered! Use the drop-down menu on the Download button to choose your preferred file format for these 1st grade editing passages from the options below:

• Google Slides presentation
• Google Slides editable task cards
• PDF task cards

Download These 1st Grade Editing Paragraphs

Use the Download button to access your preferred version of these 1st grade revising and editing passages. You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides presentation before accessing it.

Brittany Collins, a teacher in Indiana and a Teach Starter collaborator, contributed to this resource.

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